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OFFICE OF THE 

### ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

### AUSTIN

Xr. 'h il. Bryan, Jr. Crlmlnal Metriot 

### Attorney Hill county Killsboro, Texa8 '. Deqr Sirr


### ing question:

*Is a woman

has 

### been mo d CIVIL.Statutes of Texar,

br~;!z in-the order In wbioh 

### theyare roeisArtlole 1626, Revieed Civil Strrtutea 

### OfTaXas, provlCas ae follows!

TXnlms against a oonnty aball be reelstered in three olesseo, as follow88

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### A. S. Bryan, Jr., L!aroh 7, 1939, Page 2

‘1. All Jury sorlpt and 

### sorlptIssued *- 

### ror ieeblna jurore.

“2. All soript Isoued 

### under the prOPI

### dona oi tha road law or 

### ror work done on roads and bridgea.

“3. All the canoral indebtedness or the oounty, Inoludlng 

### faadl~gand euardIng QriEiOn

### ars,and paupore’ olaims.W Artlola 1627, 

### RavlscdClvll Statutes of Texas, roads as followsr

“Said treasurer shall antor aaoh ola5.m In the ra&Her, stating tha olass to wh$oh It belongs, the naaa of the payoo, the amount, tha date of the olalm, tho date of reglstratlon, the nunbar oi suoh olalm, 

### by what authority lssuad, and for what aarvloe the ~$8 vas issued, end shell mite on tho face oi the olalm It8 re&3tratlon nunY0r, qe 

### 9?ord *regietraba'

, thednte of suoh ro2istretlon, and shall sign his nsma ofiIolally thereto.* Clakka k Courts vs. San JaoInt0, 46 SIV 315, held that warrants bn Gotieral 

### Fundshould be paid In or

### deraooording to their raspaotioe registered nunbars.

In the case of G%lta VS. Calaway (Tax. Clv.
- .-- App;.) 202 S5;642, volt rqfused, appollant G’hIto brought “’ “

-“suit against certain ofriders or Kontagua oounty 

### seeking a writ of mandamusoompellln~ thornto *~Ia~edIataly pay* to applicant a oartaln 

### j~a~~at lnhis favor against XontaEua 

### county,in thosum0r2500.00, withInterest 8r.d oost.m Thelowar Court rofusod applicant the PolIaf sou?bt end he aqealed. Judge Connor of the Fort Earth Court of 

### CivilAppeals in paasInS upon sala oasa, after quoting 

### rrom other authorltlas, said:

“The s‘tatament there 

### maa0 (Kaufcen County
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### YB. Caatoa (TOG Civ. Apg.) 273 SW273) 1s supportod by authorltlas, and WQthink thore con be ao doubt undar~the olroumtanoos oi this case but that tho appellant was entitled to have the oor&ssionare* Court ciroot the olark to issue Rwarrant for the payncnt of his olaim. That olaim oonsistod Upthe judpont, Its intorest, and ooeta,aajudfed In his raYore Upon this lsouenoa of the warl’ant and Its presentation to the traaaurer. tho aaaellant was,

Er. A. J. ,&pan, Jr., Xaroh 7, 1939, Pe5s 3

entith.d to have the rarrant reglstored an4 h.ve the samepal4 in tha or4ar in nhloh it VCOE registered, as provide4 by artiole 1625 above
. SOOClarke k Courts VS. San Jaolnto County, 45 Si'i

315, 18 Tex. Clv. App. 204. Tho rlrht to seoura suoh paymnt is not affeotod, we think, by the taot pleaded In do- ’ form and upon evldenoe In behalf of appellee qounty that there v:as not auffiolont money In the eeneral iund.oS the county to pay the debt an4 to neet other neoossarv 

### runnlmzexpodses 

### ol the oounty.* Un401woo4 

### vs.Howard (Ter. Clv. App.) 1 SJ (24) 730. The oase .oi y~ilklnson vs* Franklin County et al, 94 SY (2nd’). 1190, hold thst an order of the C~mlssloners~ Court requlrinp, the county treasurer to pay ourrent warrnnts drown against the oounty Goneral yund in proferenoe to xarrqnts of prior years drawn against General Bun4 was void, 

### SO that warrants issued Qurin5 prior 

### yearwhioh bcre preferential ro5lstratAcn numbers to ourront year 

### w&rrantEwere payable out of General Fun4 for ourront year in preference to current Soar warrants.

Thoreiore, you 

### .ore respeotfully advise4 that It 1s 

### theopinion 01 this Depsrtment that hrtlole 1625 ot the Zeviaed Civil Statutes of Texas olearly denotes the order in nhioh warrants drawn against the oounty treoaury are to be paid, an4 mounts to an approprlatloa of the run40 ‘-
_, ,,_ _,_ .._-.ln the oounty treasury to the paynant of all V:arraats legally drown acalnot tho several olasses o1ciunds in the ardor 05 their registration.

You are respeottully advised that lt is the oplnlon of this Copartment that a warrant dram on an overdram General Lund and payable to the Offloors~ Salary I’und la not ontltled to be pal4 frm the first noney paid into tho General Fund. It is the further opinion of this Separtnent that such warrant should be paid 

### aooor4lng t0 ito amber and registration as 

### povided inArtlole 162s 

### of the Ravlsed Civil Statute6 of TOXOS~.



### Mr. A. J. Bryan, 

### Jr.,hroh 

### 7, 1939,Page4

TrustingthattheSoregolng 

### answsrayourinquiry,we renaln. Very trulyyours ATTORNEY

GiZ!ERAL

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Assistant 

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